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OFDM performance in amplifier nonlinearity

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URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10016/14229
ISSN: 0018-9316
DOI: 10.1109/11.713060
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1998-03
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The activities of the current European RACE and ACTS projects have led to an increasing interest in OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) as a means of combating impulsive noise and multipath effects and making fuller use of the available bandwidth of the system. This paper analyses the performance of OFDM signals in amplifier nonlinearity. In particular, bit error rate (BER) degradation as a result of amplitude limiting or clipping are analysed. In the presence of both nonlinear distortion and additive Gaussian noise, optimized output power back off is provided to balance the requirements of minimum BER and power amplifier efficiency. For this purpose, an OFDM system has been built using the SPW (Signal Processing Worksystem) simulator.
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OFDM, Bit error rate (BER), Bandwidth, Nonlinearity
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IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, (March 1998), 44(1), 106-114
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